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Where People Live and Die Makes a Difference: Individual and Geographic Disparities in Well-Being Progression at the End of Life
Gerstorf, Denis; Ram, Nilam; Goebel, Jan; Schupp, Jürgen; … - 2010
-Economic Panel Study (N = 3,427; age at death: 18 to 101 years). Results indicate steep declines in well-being with impending death …-life well-being, controlling for key individual predictors including age at death, gender, education, and household income. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600929
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Lebenszufriedenheit am Ende des Lebens in Ost- und Westdeutschland: die DDR wirft einen langen Schatten
Gerstorf, Denis; Wagner, Gert G. - 2010
"Die meisten Menschen sind die meiste Zeit über glücklich" stellt in einer Zusammenfassung vieler empirischer Studien Biswas-Diener (2009) fest. Sogar nach einschneidenden Negativerlebnissen wie Arbeitslosigkeit oder dem Verlust des Partners passen sich die meisten Menschen recht schnell an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600962
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Comparing the Predictive Power of Subjective and Objective Health Indicators: Changes in Hand Grip Strength and Overall Satisfaction with Life as Predictors of Mortality
Ambrasat, Jens; Schupp, Jürgen; Wagner, Gert G. - 2011
the SOEP survey. In a first step, we examine short-term mortality outcomes predicted by changes in hand grip strength … satisfaction. We find that both measures are related to mortality risk. However, the effects are quite independent. Thus we argue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601040
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Comparing the Predictive Power of Subjective and Objective Health Indicators: Changes in Hand Grip Strength and Overall Satisfaction with Life as Predictors of Mortality
Ambrasat, Jens; Schupp, Jürgen; Wagner, Gert G. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
the SOEP survey. In a first step, we examine short-term mortality outcomes predicted by changes in hand grip strength … satisfaction. We find that both measures are related to mortality risk. However, the effects are quite independent. Thus we argue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283554
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The socio-economic module of the Berlin Aging Study II (SOEP-BASE): Description, structure, and questionnaire
Böckenhoff, Anke; Sassenroth, Denise; Kroh, Martin; … - 2013
The Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) is a multidisciplinary study that allows for the investigation of how a multitude of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1,600 participants aged 60 to 80, and 600 participants aged 20 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317554
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Understanding the effect of retirement on health using regression discontinuity design
Eibich, Peter - 2014
This paper estimates the causal effect of retirement on health, health behavior, and healthcare utilization. Using Regression Discontinuity Design to exploit financial incentives in the German pension system for identification, I investigate a wide range of health behaviors (e.g. alcohol and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369581
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The Socio-Economic Module of the Berlin Aging Study II (SOEP-BASE): Description, Structure, and Questionnaire
Böckenhoff, Anke; Saßenroth, Denise; Kroh, Martin; … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
The Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) is a multidisciplinary study that allows for the investigation of how a multitude of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1,600 participants aged 60 to 80, and 600 participants aged 20 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128949
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Understanding the Effect of Retirement on Health Using Regression Discontinuity Design
Eibich, Peter - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
This paper estimates the causal effect of retirement on health, health behavior, and healthcare utilization. Using Regression Discontinuity Design to exploit financial incentives in the German pension system for identification, I investigate a wide range of health behaviors (e.g. alcohol and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896250
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Where People Live and Die Makes a Difference: Individual and Geographic Disparities in Well-Being Progression at the End of Life
Gerstorf, Denis; Ram, Nilam; Goebel, Jan; Schupp, Jürgen; … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
-Economic Panel Study (N = 3,427; age at death: 18 to 101 years). Results indicate steep declines in well-being with impending death …-life well-being, controlling for key individual predictors including age at death, gender, education, and household income. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552725
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Lebenszufriedenheit am Ende des Lebens in Ost- und Westdeutschland: die DDR wirft einen langen Schatten
Gerstorf, Denis; Wagner, Gert G. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
"Die meisten Menschen sind die meiste Zeit über glücklich" stellt in einer Zusammenfassung vieler empirischer Studien Biswas-Diener (2009) fest. Sogar nach einschneidenden Negativerlebnissen wie Arbeitslosigkeit oder dem Verlust des Partners passen sich die meisten Menschen recht schnell an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008679947